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A Place in the Sun’s Jasmine Harman brings ‘fussy’ buyer to tears on property search
A PLACE in the Sun's Jasmine Harman brought a 'fussy' couple to tears during their property search.
Thursday's edition of the Channel 4 show saw Jasmine meet Sarah and Greg, who wanted to find their dream home in the Charente region of France.
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The couple had a budget of £250,000 and hoped to find a four-bedroom home with a large French-style open kitchen.
Greg also wanted a garage and the couple hoped the property would have a pool or space for them to add one.
Jasmine warned them about their extensive wish-list but the couple were adamant and said they could increase their budget to a maximum of £50,000 more to find it.
The first two properties didn't float their boat, while the third was more appealing with Sarah admitting: "This is the first kitchen I’ve seen that I genuinely love.”
However, it wasn't enough to convince the couple that they had found 'the one' as there were a few "niggles".
Sarah said: "For me, I love the kitchen but I go to the lounge and I don’t know if it’s grabbing me."
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Meanwhile Greg was concerned about the garden and said: "We’ve got the swimming pool fixed in our mind but I’m not sure about the gradient of the garden."
He then admitted: “We’re fussy,” and Jasmine replied: “You’re really making me work for it. I totally get it, it has to be right.”
Thankfully, she hit the jackpot with the fifth and final property - a five bed house with half an acre of land as well as a number of outbuildings.
As they looked around, Sarah became emotional and told a surprised Jasmine: “It makes me want to cry, this is the first time I’ve got emotional.”
When the host asked why, the house hunter replied: "We’ve found what we’re looking for" before wiping her eyes.
In the end, the couple's first offer of £270,000 was rejected by the owner because it was almost £30,000 lower than the asking price.
However their counter offer of £285,000 was accepted by Sarah and Greg, who said they had found their "dream house".
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A Place in the Sun airs weekdays at 3pm on Channel 4.
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